Without the last hour, the movie would be a cliched adaptation of Robinson Crusoe.

With the last hour of Chuck’s emotional reunion with his (ex)wife and reintegration into the world, the movie is brought up to an instant classic

I almost cried after watching. It’s not just an animation for kids, but a story of friendship, love and peace that resonates with adults too. The themes of anti-war and “YOLO” are the most impressive compared to the other Pinocchio adaptations

One of my favorite books in classical literature. It was an epic covering the tumultuous history of France through the scale of common people like Jean Valjean. On a social bases, it showed how an unjust society could transform a man to a criminal, a women to a prostitute and children to devastation. On a personal bases, it showed the path of redemption of Jean Valjean.

I hope that I could read the original verses in French one day.

The musical is somewhat misleading, as it may depict Javert as being assigned with the only mission of pursuing Jean Valjean in his life.

And it missed out some interactions between ABC friends, espcially between Marius the Bonapartist and others republicans

Both movies begin with the protagonists having certain traumas in history, and gradually encountering supernatural events and person/people that subtly affect their lives, particularly in events like a séance.

Then there's the plot twist in the end that the protagonists are the real ones who are already dead but still wandering around in the world of livings.

Yeah, retroactively looking I saw that there are certain foreshadowing in The Others that I missed when I watched it years ago

In the narrations and overall setting

This is Shanghai, the city of my parents. They've lived through the cultural revolution and the Tiananmen demonstration and massacre before moving to the States. I visited Shanghai where my grandparents and relatives live once in a while before college.

I appreciate the fearlessness of the protestors in the picture, because they're combating probably the most brutal dictatorship on this planet.

Some of my classmates and colleagues who are from China defended CCP's barbarian crackdown in HK, Xinjang, and seemed to accept whatever BS the CCP propagandists are indoctrinating them, despite studying and working in the US. For one moment I thought the Chinese people from China are incorrigible, but I'm certainly wrong.

Free China, and Fuck CCP, Fuck Xinnie the Pooh

Is it available in theaters in US?

I’ve read about the book in AP world history class to understand WWI better but I pretty much forgot everything about it :(